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Agyness Deyn 'Fesses Up To Lying About Her Age

There's never been much doubt that the fashion industry fetishizes youth--13-year-old Elle Fanning is considered a legitimate style icon these days, and the CFDA had to ask designers not to work with runway models aged 14 and 15 during fashion week--but the admission that Agyness Deyn shaved about six years off her age when she started modeling definitely confirms our fascination with ever-younger models.

Aggy's real name is Laura Hollis, and apparently, her real age is 29, not 23--something she finally 'fessed up to publicly in an interview with The Guardian: "When I decided I would really do modelling I was like 18, and I think at the time that was quite old for a new face, so we knocked off a few years."

The truth is that she had spent the last six years as what the Guardian calls a "jobbing model"--ie, getting lots of catalog work and paying her bills but not being a recognizable face. That changed in 2006, when she was signed by a New York agent, started booking tons of fashion shows, and was billed as the new Kate Moss. There has long been a suspicion that she's shaved a few years off her age--see the Facebook group called "Agyness Deyn You're Not 18" started in 2007 for proof--but now it seems the fudging has gotten too exhausting for her camp to keep up. "I was my birthday last week, and Henry [Holland] was saying how old would you have been? Cos it got really complicated - when personal and work collide - and Henry was like: 'But it looks like I started being friends with you when you were four or something!'"

Now that she's out in the open about being almost-30, what do you ladies think about the ruse? Is it kind of wild that the fashion world can't accept a "new" face who's only 18? Do you think lying about her age was a weird move? Are you disappointed to learn she's not as young as she first said, or relieved to see her cop to it? Discuss!